To Honor Hoffman, Focus on Prevention, Not the Drug War
To Honor Hoffman, Focus on Prevention, not the Drug War
In order to encourage overdose witnesses to seek emergency assistance, 17 states including New York have now passed "911 Good Samaritan laws," shielding overdose witnesses and victims from drug-related charges when help is summoned. These laws hold …
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Citing Lack of Evidence, Circuit Tosses Drug Conviction
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit took the unusual step of finding insufficient evidence to support a jury's verdict that Jeremiah Clark, handcuffed and placed in the back of a police car, could have possessed the crack discovered by …
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White House seeks candidates for clemency in drug cases
Speaking at a New York State Bar Association event in New York, Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole explained the unprecedented step of curtailing penalties in low-level drug cases, and of encouraging defense lawyers to recommend inmates who the …
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